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                    <![CDATA[To e.g. or to i.e., that is the question]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[Sometimes you see these little bastards in text or sometimes you might want to put them in there yourself. Gasp! We aren’t here to tell you how to be fancy or not, but we are here to let you know how to be fancy correctly and not look like a schmuck. E.g. is short for exempli […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Sometimes you see these little bastards in text or sometimes you might want to put them in there yourself. Gasp! We aren’t here to tell you how to be fancy or not, but we are here to let you know how to be fancy correctly and not look like a schmuck. E.g. is short for exempli […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Weather vs Whether]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[It’s sexy to know the difference. This podcast delves into the difference between weather, whether and (God forbid!) wether. Come hang out for a quick writing tip.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[It’s sexy to know the difference. This podcast delves into the difference between weather, whether and (God forbid!) wether. Come hang out for a quick writing tip.]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:02:29</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Cause and Effect in Novel Writing]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[Last week, I took a little break because of the holiday in the U.S., but this week, we’re talking about cause and effect in fiction novels. Troubleshooting Your Novel by Steven James has a big section about this: He suggests asking yourself these questions to fine-tune your story. And for a quicker fix, he suggests: “Analyze […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Last week, I took a little break because of the holiday in the U.S., but this week, we’re talking about cause and effect in fiction novels. Troubleshooting Your Novel by Steven James has a big section about this: He suggests asking yourself these questions to fine-tune your story. And for a quicker fix, he suggests: “Analyze […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:05:49</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Listening to Butt Faces and Writing Dialogue]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[This podcast we quickly (so quickly) talk about writing evil people’s dialogue. And a great link that we reference is right here. There are a ton of resources as Matt Bird’s site that you can check out.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[This podcast we quickly (so quickly) talk about writing evil people’s dialogue. And a great link that we reference is right here. There are a ton of resources as Matt Bird’s site that you can check out.]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:49</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Writing Isn't About Being Clever; It's About Story]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 15:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[This week’s podcast focuses on some advice from Roy Peter Clark. I hope you’ll join me for one of our short weekly writing tips!]]>
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                    <![CDATA[This week’s podcast focuses on some advice from Roy Peter Clark. I hope you’ll join me for one of our short weekly writing tips!]]>
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                    <![CDATA[This week’s podcast focuses on some advice from Roy Peter Clark. I hope you’ll join me for one of our short weekly writing tips!]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:57</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[The Power of Personal Narrative]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 16:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Hi, I’m breaking format this week, for once. Our high school had a credible and serious threat yesterday, staff and teachers and kids were locked down for hours and I want to talk about how people telling their stories makes things much more real than cut-up newspaper reports. And that’s important. Don’t forget how powerful […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Hi, I’m breaking format this week, for once. Our high school had a credible and serious threat yesterday, staff and teachers and kids were locked down for hours and I want to talk about how people telling their stories makes things much more real than cut-up newspaper reports. And that’s important. Don’t forget how powerful […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:58</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Making a Scene Memorable]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[This week’s podcast is some quick tips about how to make your scene memorable. I hope you’ll check it out. QUICK EDIT! There was a glitch with the podcasting host, but it should be the right podcast now. Apologies!]]>
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                    <![CDATA[This week’s podcast is some quick tips about how to make your scene memorable. I hope you’ll check it out. QUICK EDIT! There was a glitch with the podcasting host, but it should be the right podcast now. Apologies!]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Making a Scene Memorable]]>
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                    <![CDATA[This week’s podcast is some quick tips about how to make your scene memorable. I hope you’ll check it out. QUICK EDIT! There was a glitch with the podcasting host, but it should be the right podcast now. Apologies!]]>
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                    <![CDATA[This week’s podcast is some quick tips about how to make your scene memorable. I hope you’ll check it out. QUICK EDIT! There was a glitch with the podcasting host, but it should be the right podcast now. Apologies!]]>
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                    <![CDATA[￼]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Super Important Writing Tip For When You Think Your Story Is a Little Boring This podcast we super quickly talk about something you can do when it feels like your novel got a little boring. Come hang out!]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Super Important Writing Tip For When You Think Your Story Is a Little Boring This podcast we super quickly talk about something you can do when it feels like your novel got a little boring. Come hang out!]]>
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                    <![CDATA[￼]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Super Important Writing Tip For When You Think Your Story Is a Little Boring This podcast we super quickly talk about something you can do when it feels like your novel got a little boring. Come hang out!]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Super Important Writing Tip For When You Think Your Story Is a Little Boring This podcast we super quickly talk about something you can do when it feels like your novel got a little boring. Come hang out!]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:39</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I Don't Know How To Fangirl Even About Writers and Some Advice]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Here’s a big truth. I don’t know how to fangirl, and one time I was taking photos in Maine for the Maine Democratic Party at a house rented by famous writers and all my writer friends got excited. They squeed. They were super thrilled. My own book had just made the NYT bestseller’s list, but […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Here’s a big truth. I don’t know how to fangirl, and one time I was taking photos in Maine for the Maine Democratic Party at a house rented by famous writers and all my writer friends got excited. They squeed. They were super thrilled. My own book had just made the NYT bestseller’s list, but […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I Don't Know How To Fangirl Even About Writers and Some Advice]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Here’s a big truth. I don’t know how to fangirl, and one time I was taking photos in Maine for the Maine Democratic Party at a house rented by famous writers and all my writer friends got excited. They squeed. They were super thrilled. My own book had just made the NYT bestseller’s list, but […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Here’s a big truth. I don’t know how to fangirl, and one time I was taking photos in Maine for the Maine Democratic Party at a house rented by famous writers and all my writer friends got excited. They squeed. They were super thrilled. My own book had just made the NYT bestseller’s list, but […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:09:05</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Carrie Jones Books]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Not So Wild and Crazy Writing Advice]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Carrie Jones Books</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Steve Martin had a catch phrase from his time on SNL and standup that he was a wild and crazy guy. He had an entirely different persona in the skit but you could feel it and tell he’d been inspired by something in real life and turned it into comedy through exaggeration. Now, decades after […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Steve Martin had a catch phrase from his time on SNL and standup that he was a wild and crazy guy. He had an entirely different persona in the skit but you could feel it and tell he’d been inspired by something in real life and turned it into comedy through exaggeration. Now, decades after […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Not So Wild and Crazy Writing Advice]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:05:47</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[How  To Make Your Characters Flawed As F And Why You Should]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[The character in your story is the heart of your story. It does not matter if that character is a person or a troll or a manatee. That character is the soul of your story. Setting, theme, plot are important, but the most important aspect is creating a character that the reader can connect with. […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:05:04</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Oh Baby, Look at that Backstory and Goals]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[Without knowing the backstory, we wouldn’t know the emotional goals of the character, the why for their tangible goals. Instead we’d be reading and thinking, yeah, he wants this. So what?]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Without knowing the backstory, we wouldn’t know the emotional goals of the character, the why for their tangible goals. Instead we’d be reading and thinking, yeah, he wants this. So what?]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:03:42</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Writing Exceptional Characters Part One Backstory]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Hey! Join us this week as we talk about writing exceptional characters starting with backstory! It’s quick. It’ll make you a better author. It’s free. ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Hey! Join us this week as we talk about writing exceptional characters starting with backstory! It’s quick. It’ll make you a better author. It’s free. ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Writing Exceptional Characters Part One Backstory]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Hey! Join us this week as we talk about writing exceptional characters starting with backstory! It’s quick. It’ll make you a better author. It’s free. ]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:06:39</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Writing Tips Putting Scene and Sequel Together]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[It’s the last in our three-week series on scene and structure the Dwight Swain way. Let’s go. Like we said in the first week, Swain makes us writers think of basic elemental structure and creating our novels in four steps: Making cool characters. Grouping your sentences and paragraphs into motivation reaction units. Grouping those motivation […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[It’s the last in our three-week series on scene and structure the Dwight Swain way. Let’s go. Like we said in the first week, Swain makes us writers think of basic elemental structure and creating our novels in four steps: Making cool characters. Grouping your sentences and paragraphs into motivation reaction units. Grouping those motivation […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[It’s the last in our three-week series on scene and structure the Dwight Swain way. Let’s go. Like we said in the first week, Swain makes us writers think of basic elemental structure and creating our novels in four steps: Making cool characters. Grouping your sentences and paragraphs into motivation reaction units. Grouping those motivation […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[It’s the last in our three-week series on scene and structure the Dwight Swain way. Let’s go. Like we said in the first week, Swain makes us writers think of basic elemental structure and creating our novels in four steps: Making cool characters. Grouping your sentences and paragraphs into motivation reaction units. Grouping those motivation […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The sexy  part of story structure: Scene and Sequel]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[So last week on the podcast and on our blog where we elaborated a bit, we talked about the four main elements of story structure according to Dwight Swain, who wrote The Techniques of the Selling Writer. Those were: Making cool characters. Grouping your sentences and paragraphs into motivation reaction units. Grouping those motivation reaction […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[So last week on the podcast and on our blog where we elaborated a bit, we talked about the four main elements of story structure according to Dwight Swain, who wrote The Techniques of the Selling Writer. Those were: Making cool characters. Grouping your sentences and paragraphs into motivation reaction units. Grouping those motivation reaction […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The sexy  part of story structure: Scene and Sequel]]>
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                    <![CDATA[So last week on the podcast and on our blog where we elaborated a bit, we talked about the four main elements of story structure according to Dwight Swain, who wrote The Techniques of the Selling Writer. Those were: Making cool characters. Grouping your sentences and paragraphs into motivation reaction units. Grouping those motivation reaction […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[It is Super Natural: Four Basic Elements To Your Story]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2022 11:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[When I talk about novel structure, I talk a lot about Dwight Swain who wrote  Techniques of the Selling Writer. Swain has some really cool elemental aspects that he talks about and no, they don’t have to do with inciting incidents or the climax—at least not initially, and I thought it would be fun if […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When I talk about novel structure, I talk a lot about Dwight Swain who wrote  Techniques of the Selling Writer. Swain has some really cool elemental aspects that he talks about and no, they don’t have to do with inciting incidents or the climax—at least not initially, and I thought it would be fun if […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[It is Super Natural: Four Basic Elements To Your Story]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When I talk about novel structure, I talk a lot about Dwight Swain who wrote  Techniques of the Selling Writer. Swain has some really cool elemental aspects that he talks about and no, they don’t have to do with inciting incidents or the climax—at least not initially, and I thought it would be fun if […]]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:06:37</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Desire vs danger, it's what your story is about]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[Dwight Swain has a book, The Techniques of a Selling Writer, and there’s a chapter (well many) that talk about story structure, but one specifically begins like this: “All stories are ‘about’ the same thing: desire versus danger.” Swain So that’s a really good place to start. What does your character desire (or as we […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Dwight Swain has a book, The Techniques of a Selling Writer, and there’s a chapter (well many) that talk about story structure, but one specifically begins like this: “All stories are ‘about’ the same thing: desire versus danger.” Swain So that’s a really good place to start. What does your character desire (or as we […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[MAKING THINGS SIZZLE – HOW DO YOU MAKE CHEMISTRY HAPPEN BETWEEN CHARACTERS]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[K.M. Weiland writes, “Character chemistry can make all the difference in creating a superior story.” So, how do you put the chemistry sizzle between characters in your story? That’s a big question for a lot of us writers because a lot of readers want romance and fire and good swoony things between characters even when the book […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[K.M. Weiland writes, “Character chemistry can make all the difference in creating a superior story.” So, how do you put the chemistry sizzle between characters in your story? That’s a big question for a lot of us writers because a lot of readers want romance and fire and good swoony things between characters even when the book […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[MAKING THINGS SIZZLE – HOW DO YOU MAKE CHEMISTRY HAPPEN BETWEEN CHARACTERS]]>
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                    <![CDATA[K.M. Weiland writes, “Character chemistry can make all the difference in creating a superior story.” So, how do you put the chemistry sizzle between characters in your story? That’s a big question for a lot of us writers because a lot of readers want romance and fire and good swoony things between characters even when the book […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Character Development and Novel Structures are Creepy Besties. Here's why.]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[I am a big fan of boiling things down to simple components and not spending a ton of time on things blathering on, so let’s get to it, okay? Novel structure and character development are related. Not just that, they are creepy best friends. You know the kind. They do EVERYTHING together, drink the same […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I am a big fan of boiling things down to simple components and not spending a ton of time on things blathering on, so let’s get to it, okay? Novel structure and character development are related. Not just that, they are creepy best friends. You know the kind. They do EVERYTHING together, drink the same […]]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Character Development and Novel Structures are Creepy Besties. Here's why.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[WTF EVEN IS A SCENE]]>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2022 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[It’s this element of structure for the story. We all write them, but sometimes it seems like this overlooked aspect of our stories. I’m not sure why this is. It’s not as elemental as the word or punctuation. It’s not as long and sexy as a chapter. It’s not as easily diagramed as a sentence, … <a href="" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> ""</span></a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[It’s this element of structure for the story. We all write them, but sometimes it seems like this overlooked aspect of our stories. I’m not sure why this is. It’s not as elemental as the word or punctuation. It’s not as long and sexy as a chapter. It’s not as easily diagramed as a sentence, … Continue reading ""]]>
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